In particular, Lessin’s source claims that “PrimeSense’s technology is much more strategic for mapping” and that “PrimeSense’s motion-sensing technology for gestural controls is a little bit behind and that Microsoft doesn’t use it in the Kinect” for its next-generation Xbox One. Apple has been plugging a lot of money into improving iOS Maps so it definitely makes sense that it would use PrimeSense’s technology to get some kind of edge over Google in the mapping realm.